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Howard Suber
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Biography
Howard Suber was the founding chair of the Film and Television Producers Program at UCLA, where he has been a faculty member for more than 45 years. He has taught thousands of young filmmakers in more than 65 different courses covering most areas of film and television as both arts and industries. In recent decades, 2/3rds of his students have been screenwriters. He has also taught a several-week workshop for the winners of the Independent Feature Project, West's screenwriting competition.

Suber's book, "The Power of Film" (thepoweroffilm.com), produced reactions such as these:

"Howard Suber is one of the foremost teachers of film in the world. "
--Geoffrey Gilmore, Director, Sundance Film Festival

"Howard Suber's understanding of film storytelling fills the pages of this wise, liberating book. Much of it is surprisingly contrary to what 'everyone knows.' A remarkable work."
--Francis Ford Coppola

"For years students in Howard Suber's legendary classes at UCLA begged him to write a book. Now that he has delivered it, filmmakers, scholars and anyone else with a serious interest in film can rejoice. A fascinating and thought-provoking work."
--Alexander Payne, Director/Screenwriter, Sideways, About Schmidt

"What Aristotle did for drama, Howard Suber has now done for film. This is a profound and succinct book that is miraculously fun to read."
--David Koepp, Screenwriter, War of the Worlds (2005), Spider-Man, Mission Impossible, Jurassic Park, Indiana Jones and Kingdom of the Crystal Skull.

Suber has been a consultant and expert witness for every Hollywood studio and several networks and cable companies, especially dealing with issues of screenplay copyrights and creative control, and he been employed to advise a major studio on screenplays being considered for production.



The Hollywood Connection Events
Seminar   FADE OUT Seminar: A CONVERSATION WITH HOWARD SUBER
Seminar Description: In a meeting with the head of a studio, Howard Suber referred to all the creative people on planet Earth who might be as talented as the people who were then working in the industry, but would never get a chance to make their films. The executive fixed Suber's eyes and said: "Howard, I think all the really talented people are making films."

Is this Darwinian view accurate? What's the difference between those who "make it" and those who don't? Drawing upon his experience with thousands of film students at UCLA over the past 45 years, Howard Suber offers his observations on "success" and having a career in films.

Suber, author of the highly acclaimed book, The Power of Film, will illustrate his points by discussing the careers of some of his favorite UCLA graduates, including Alexander Payne (Sideways, About Schmidt), Laeta Kalogridis (Shutter Island, Avatar), Laura Gabbert (No Impact Man; Sunset Story), and Sacha Gervasi (Anvil: The Story of Anvil; The Terminal).


Note:
Sunday, Jun 06     1:30 PM - 3:00 PM